”“And I was answering that way.”“I don’t want to be naked.”“I know.”“Then why?”We stared at each other for a second.“Because.”...We said it at the same time!“I don’t want to be naked.”“I want you to let go of your fears and you’re wearing a very big one.”“What?”“You are afraid to be seen naked.”“Afraid? No. Ashamed? Probably.”“Why?”“Look at me!”“I have been looking at you for months.”“Not naked. Or are you smart and sneaky and a peeper?”“I don’t need to be a peeper to see you.”“I know, it is very. .. to be fair I was dressed quite sluttily that day, I was wearing a really tight, strappy top and my skirt was only 10 inches long and I was wearing knee length high heeled boots..."Well what about you?" I tried to say seductively, I couldn't help it, with just the towel round his waist he looked like a surfer, such a beautifully fit, tanned body and his sandy blonde hair all shaggy and wet from his shower...He walked up to me, cradled me in his arms and kissed me hard, I pulled away"I thought. You're both laying on the real beach, completelyunconscious, just like you have been for the last few hours." Hours? That's all this has been?" Time passes differently in your head than it does in my world." And what is your world? Why is it nothing but a beach?" My world is all I know. I wasn't lying when I said I'd never left thebeach. I am the beach."* * *Kalena slept against the cave wall. It was the first time I'd seen hersleep in the days - hours - that I'd been there. After dropping. I thought we meant more than that to each other. It took me quite a while to realize I was wrong.”“No, you weren’t wrong. We did mean more to each other than just friends. I let myself be dazzled by dreams of bright lights and glamour and fame. I lost all sense of what was important to me,” she said forcefully, beginning to regain her composure. “Does that mean ... you can forgive me?” she finally asked.“I have to, don’t I? The past is the past and I don’t want to be angry or frustrated.